ABSTRACT
Most of the guidelines contained in this chapter were taken from the American Public Health Association (APHA), as described in the 4th Edition of the Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods (Downes & Ito, 2001). When different from or complementary to those of the Compendium, they were completed with information and recommendations from the 21st Edition of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (Hunt and Rice, 2005), specific to the microbiological examination of water, the 17th Edition of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products (Wehr & Frank, 2004), specific to the examination of dairy products and several standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 6887-1:1999, ISO 6887-2:2003, ISO 6887-3:2003, ISO 6887-4:2003/ Cor.1:2004, ISO 6887-5:2010, ISO 7218:2007, ISO 17604:2003/Amd.1:2009), recommended for tests performed using ISO method(s).
